Judy Chang, M.D., M.P.H.

I am an obstetrician-gynecologist and clinician researcher whose research focuses on understanding and addressing stigmatizing women’s health care concerns such as intimate partner violence, perinatal substance use and abuse, and mental health issues. I have an interest and focus on patient-provider communication and relationship-centered care. I am excited to join the Dissemination and Outreach Core of the Center for Autism Center of Excellent to bring to this work my expertise and experience in qualitative research methods and patient-provider communication (see Contributions to Science below). As a mother of a child diagnosed on the autism spectrum at age two, I have a personal interest in expanding the science that can be directly applied to improving care and health outcomes for individuals with autism. I also am extremely committed to mentoring, training, and, consequently, expanding the next generation of investigators in this field of research. In the 20 years during which I have been a faculty member at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, I have served as a research mentor to numerous undergraduate, graduate, and medical students; resident physicians; fellows and post-doctorate trainees, and junior faculty. I have served as a mentor on ten career development awards with five of these faculty successful in their transition to independent funding. I also serve as an Assistant Dean for Medical Student Research and as the Director for the Clinical Scientist Training Program, a competitive program that provides a year of focused research training and experience for medical students interested in pursuing careers in clinical research. I also serve as the Director of the Mock Grant Review Program which coordinates mock reviews for CTSI KL2 and T32 awardees preparing to submit their first grants to the NIH. I have consistently been a facilitator for a Mentoring Matters workshop and taught communication skills for junior faculty navigating difficult conversations with mentors and supervisors. I have also served on several panels and given several seminars focusing on pursuing a successful clinical research career.